A Writing Root for The Comet

Overview:

This is a three-session spelling seed for the book The Comet by Joe Todd-Stanton.  Below is the coverage from Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum 2014.

Spelling Seeds have been designed to complement Writing Roots by providing weekly, contextualised sequences of sessions for the teaching of spelling that include open-ended investigations and opportunities to practise and apply within meaningful and purposeful contexts, linked (where relevant) to other areas of the curriculum and a suggestion of how to extend the investigation into home learning.

There is a Spelling Seed session for every week of the associated Writing Root.

Coverage:

Word List Words

be, he, me, she, we, friend, house

Spelling Rules and Patterns

Compound words

The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt ff, ll, ss, zz and ck

The /v/ sound at the end of words

Phonics

-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e 

ar, ee, ea (/i:/), ea (/ɛ/)

Adjacent consonants

Revision of alternative graphemes for /ee/

Words spelled with single vowel graphemes, some representing short vowel sounds and some representing long ones